Question / Help OBS command line? No UI?

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osbjslwo

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ffmpeg is probably better suited but there are cases where it is not possible

For example when using Spout (https://leadedge.github.io/).

ffmpeg does not have an option for capturing Spout senders

but there is an OBS plugin that does it

So running OBS from the command line and specify for example the duration of the recording would be tremendously convenient.
 
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AaronD

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osbjslwo said:
So running OBS from the command line and specify for example the duration of the recording would be tremendously convenient.
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It might not have *that* much controllability on the command line, but it does do Websockets, and there's the Advanced Scene Switcher plugin.

Advanced Scene Switcher

This plugin will allow you to automate various tasks using "Macros". Macros consist of a list of conditions under which a list of actions will be performed. Examples and guides can be found in the wiki. Feel free to contribute! If you run...
obsproject.com obsproject.com
And a few more ways to control it too.

You might set up an automated recording in Adv. SS, and then leave OBS running so that can happen. Or you might have a separate script that controls OBS via Websockets. Or any number of other things.
 
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osbjslwo

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Those are viable safe workarounds indeed.

But integrating OBS in some sort of automated workflow is made significantly harder by not having a full featured command line (which is a lot of work to develop for sure).

Especially if multiple OBS instances are automated.
 
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